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CABINET Filed May 27, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. P/vM/p W SpH/cZ/Ve United State Pfl CABINET Philip W. Spillane, Pico, Calif.

Application May 27, 1955, Serial No. 511,597

2 Claims. (Cl. 312-242) The present invention relates to cabinets of the type set into a wall of a bathroom and having mirrored doors.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet having a pair of mirrored doors hingedly mounted so that the user may swing the doors to view himself in a side profile or in rear views.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet of sturdy construction, one easily opened to a half-open position or to a fully-open position.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet of neat and attractive appearance which may be inserted in an opening in a wall with only a portion of the cabinet exteriorly of the wall, and one which may be economically manufactured and assembled.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation showing the cabinet with its doors closed,

Figure 2 is a vertical view showing the doors of the cabinet open, as seen on line 2-2 of Figure 3,

Figure 3 is a view in perspective as taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an end view on line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a detail view greatly enlarged as seen on line 5-5 of Figure 2, and

Figure 6 is a further detail view greatly enlarged as seen on line 6--6 of Figure 2.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the present invention consists of a cabinet 10 for attaching in an opening in a wall and comprises a back wall 11 and a top wall 12, a bottom Wall 13, and side walls 14 and 15 projecting perpendicularly from the margin of the back wall 11. A pair of doors 16 and 17 are normally positioned in edge to edge relation across the front of the cabinet 10 parallel to the back wall 11 and have their top and bottom ends 18 and 19, respectively, overlying the front edges of the top wall 12 and the bottom wall 13, respectively.

The cabinet 10 is formed with a shoulder portion or flange 20 extending around the perimeter of the walls so that when installed in an opening in a wall, the wall being indicated by the reference numeral 21 in Figures 2 and 4, the flange overlies the wall. Extending along the width of the cabinet adjacent the front edge of the top wall 12 and spaced from the flange 20 is a rod 22 secured by its ends in brackets 23 and 24 which project upwardly from the flange 20. A similar rod 25 extends along the cabinet adjacent the bottom wall 13 and has its ends supported in other brackets 26 and 27. A center bracket 28 fastened to the flange 20 at the top and bottom of the cabinet supports each of the rods 22 and 25 at its midportion. Slide elements 29 and 30 are positioned on the trackways formed by the rods 22 and 25 one'on each side of the associated bracket 28 and are each provided with an car 31 and 32, respectively, projecting forwardly of the associated rod and pivotally connected to the inwardly-bent flange of the cabinet doors 16 and 17 adjacent their meeting edges.

A rigid upstanding plate 33 is hingedly connected along one side edge to the inner face of each of the doors 16 and 17 intermediate the side edges thereof and has its other side edge hingedly connected to the adjacent side wall 14 or 15 of the cabinet so that when the doors are moved to separate their confronting edges with the sliding elements 29 and 30 carrying those edges outwardly to the side wall of the cabinet, the doors each move from its position parallel to the back wall, as seen in Figures 1 and 4, to a position at an angle to the back wall and away from the front of the cabinet as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In use, either of the doors may be swung from its position parallel to the back wall of the cabinet to an angular position exposing and opening the adjacent side of the cabinet for the purpose of using private articles stored therein, or both of the doors may be swung so that a person standing between the doors can obtain a profile view of himself or a rear view of himself.

What is claimed is:

l. A cabinet adapted to be mounted on a wall comprising a back wall, top, bottom and side walls projecting perpendicularly from said back wall marginally of the latter, a bracket projecting from the central point of each of said top and bottom walls, a rod extending longitudinally along each of said top and bottom walls adjacent the front edge thereof and supported at its midportion in the adjacent bracket, a pair of doors normally arranged in edge to edge relation parallel with and spaced from said back wall with their top and bottom ends adjacent said rods, a slide element adjacent the confronting edges of each of said doors and slidable on the rods adjacent each of said top and bottom ends pivotally connected to the confronting edges of said doors to thereby connect said doors to said rods for sliding movement toward and away from each other, a rigid upstanding plate having one side edge hingedly connected to the inner face of each of said doors intermediate the side edges thereof and having its other side edge hingedly connected to the adjacent side wall of said cabinet whereby execution of sliding movement of the confronting edge of either door away from the confronting edge of the other of said doors causes said door to be moved outwardly from its position parallel to said back wall to a position at an angle to said back wall and away from the front of the cabinet.

2. A cabinet adapted to be mounted in a wall opening comprising a back wall, top, bottom and side walls projecting perpendicularly from said back wall marginally of the latter, said top, bottom and side walls having a shouldered portion adapted to overlie the marginal edges of the wall opening, a bracket projecting from the central point of each of said top and bottom walls, a rod extending longitudinally along the shouldered portion of each of said top and bottom walls adjacent the front edge thereof and supported at its mid-portion in the adjacent bracket, a pair of doors normally arranged in edge to edge relation parallel with and spaced from said back wall with the top and bottom ends adjacent said rods, a slide element adjacent the confronting edges of each of said doors and slidable on said rods adjacent each of said top and bottom ends pivotally connected to the confronting edges of said doors to thereby connect said doors to said rods for sliding movement toward and away from 3; 4 each other, a rigid upstanding plate having one side edge I References Cited in the file of this patent hingedly connected to the inner face of each of sa d doors UNITED STATES PATENTS intermediate the side edges thereof and having its other side edge hingedly connected to the adjacent side wall of 291,411 Shauus 1884 said cabinet whereby execution of sliding movement of 5 1,443,521 Brandt Jall- 30, 1923 the confronting edge .of either door .away from the con- 1,892,491 Mastl'angelo" 1932 fronting edge of the other of said doors causes said door FOREIGN PATENTS to be moved outwardly from its position parallel to said back wall to a position at an angle to said back wall and away from the front of said cabinet.

30,846 France June 15, 1926 

